Communications Development Incorporated announces publication of Assessing Regional Integration in Africa

Summer 2004
Communications Development announces the publication of Assessing Regional Integration in Africa, a high-profile product of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

The report provides a comprehensive evaluation of the state of Africa's integration process, showing where efforts have succeeded or failed, including why intra African trade remains low, and how lack of macroeconomic policy convergence and insufficient infrastructures hamper integration.

The report finds that although progress has been made in a number of areas overall, this has been limited relative to the goals of African leaders. The report makes several recommendations on accelerating the integration process. Some of the key recommendations include the need for the African Union and Regional Economic Communities to be endowed with more financial and human resources; and be granted relevant supranational authority to enable them to enforce treaty obligations. The recommendations cover both institutional arrangements and sectoral policy issues.

Communications Development helped plan, design, edit, and produce this report.

Assessing Regional Integration in Africa can be found online at http://www.uneca.org/aria/.